Competition Mechanics

Prix Jeunesse International’s festival and project coordinator, Ms. Kirsten Schneid, came all the way from Munich, Germany to hold her talk session “Prix Jeunesse Suitcase” on the first day of the 2nd Southeast Asia Video Festival for Children.

Acclaimed film director Livi Zheng discussed “How to be a Successful Video Director” in her workshop at the 2nd Southeast Asia Video Festival for Children. Ms. Livi started her workshop by showcasing some of her short films and trailers to the Southeast Asian children.

The opening ceremony of the Southeast Asia Video Festival for Children commenced on the morning of November 22, 2018. Boy scouts parading the flags of the ten ASEAN countries marked the beginning of the program.

Who can join the competition?

Professionals are TV producers who produce programs for a specific group of Children and the Youth, namely

children under seven years old;

8-12 years old; and

13-17 years old.

They are the Southeast Asian producers and content providers, affiliated with each country’s listed local terrestrial or cable TV networks and channels, whose outstanding works have been aired.

Amateurs are video makers who are 18 years old and above whose works FOR children have not been aired on television and have not received an award in international video derby. They may target any particular age groups of children.

Children and Youth are Video makers who are classified according to three age categories:

12 years old and under

13 – 15 years old

16 -18 years old

What kind of Video works can be done by the Video makers?

Video makers may enter video works that are either Non-Faction or Fiction.

Non-fiction: Factual infotainment such as documentaries featuring natural sciences, arts and culture, life and leisure, environment; segments for magazine programs using puppetry, claymation, simple animation, MTV, and other non-fiction narratives and approaches.

Do they need to specify their target audience for their work?

The Professionals need to specify their target audience:

Children under 7 years old

Children 8 -12 years old

Children 13 -17 years old

The Amateur and Children/Youth can target any age group. But need not specify them on their entry forms.

What contest categories are open to each type of Video maker?

There are ten (10) categories in the competition – six categories for the Professionals, one for the Amateurs and three for the Children and Youth.

Professionals may enter in any of these six categories:
1. PROFESSIONAL (Non-Fiction) Under seven years old
2. PROFESSIONAL (Non-Fiction) 8-12 years old
3. PROFESSIONAL (Non-Fiction) 13-17 years old)
4. PROFESSIONAL (Fiction) Under 7 years
5. PROFFESIONAL (Fiction) 8-12 years old
6. PROFESSIONAL (Fiction) 13-17 years old

The seventh Category is for Entries from the Amateurs, who target any age group of children
7. Amateur

The 8th-10th categories are for entries that are entered by the video makers who are
8. Children Video Makers who are 12 years old and under
9. Children Video makers who are 13-15 years old
10. Children/Youth Video Makers, 16-18 years old

Video makers in the Children and Youth Categories are allowed to seek professional assistance in editing and post-production matters, but must be able to explain the process if and when the entry enters the finals. However, an entrant must be responsible for at least 75% of the total production, from conceptualization, script and storyboarding, videography and direction.

Entrants in the Children and Youth categories may use non-professional equipment such as cell phones, digital cameras, mobiles phones, tablets, video cameras, sports cameras and the like.

What is the running time for each entry?

Professional: Maximum of One Hour

Amateur: Maximum of 30 Minutes

Children/Youth: Maximum of Five Minutes

What are the GENERAL ENTRY RULES?

Theme:
Theme for the yearly completion is determined by the Governing Board of the SEAPJ.
For SEAPJ 2018, the theme is: EVERYDAY HEROES

Formats/Genre:
Entrants in both Professional and Amateurs/children categories are expected to submit the most innovative and special formats FOR children, principally of the Southeast Asian region.

Entry material should strictly be in any of these video formats: mp4, avi or mpeg
Any genre will be accepted (documentary, animation, comedy, drama, biographies, shorts, MTVs, etc.).

For Southeast Asians only:
Entry must have been created by a citizen of the Southeast Asian region.

Copyright:
Work must be absolutely copyright-protected with a written certification that it is an original work of the producer /author/director/team.

If it wins in the competition, the winner shall express willingness to have his work shown in SEAPJ-approved symposia, classrooms, and workshops for educational purposes and promotional campaigns for SEAPJ and Anak TV.

Where should entries be submitted?

Entries should be submitted to the SEAPJ Governing Board Director in his country.

(The Governing Board Director and his committee, tasked to promote and accept the country’s entries to SEAPJ, will choose the best video works in each category, and send these to the SEAPJ host country.)

Entries must be accompanied by pertinent information –

Name of Entrant

Age

Email Address

Complete mailing address

Contact Numbers

Title of Entry

Entry Category and classification

Synopsis

Length of material

Name of Producer

Production Team and advisers

TV Network Affiliation

School or Organizations.

Equipment used

Entry Forms will be sent by the Host Country.

If the entry is in any language other than English, subtitling in English is necessary.

Entries should be appropriately categorized so they can be entered in the proper section.

Any person, school, organization or production team, entering in the Amateur or children/youth categories may send any number of entries. Each entry should be registered with the body assigned by the Governing Board Director in his country.

As a matter of procedure, entries must be coursed through the Governing Board Director of the country which in turn ensures that they are sent to SEAPJ secretariat of the host country.

The following are the Governing Board Directors of the SEAPJ:

Brunei: Siti Alizah Haji Bagol

Cambodia: Chhay Bora

Indonesia: Jonathan Tlau

Lao PDR: Vithoune Sundara

Malaysia: Dato Mohd Mahyidin Bin Mohd Mustakim

Myanmar: Ling Maung Pan

Philippines: Elvira Yap Go

Singapore: Galen Yeo

Thailand: Wilaiporn Chongkolwattana

Viet Nam: Nguyen Thi Kim Hoa

PRIX JEUNESSE MUNICH does not accept entries that violate the principles of the General Declaration of Human Rights. Further programs that incorporate advertising or product placement in their content are not accepted. SEAPJ will strictly adopt these two rules.

All countries are encouraged to send to the competition works that have strong content and technical polish which Prix Jeunesse is all about.

There are No Entry Fees.

What are the criteria for judging?

Criteria to be loosely followed will be the following Prix Jeunesse criteria.

1. TARGET AUDIENCE

Considering the territory, culture and age range for which the program is intended,

Is it appropriate and attractive for the target child audience?

Is it culturally relevant to the child targeted?

Is it successfully entertaining for the child?

Does it inform children?

Does it respect children/take them seriously?

2. IDEA

Is it interesting to children addressed by the material?

Is it original or at least appears to be a refreshing, updated and innovative version of a previous idea, style or story?

Does it have a new approach? Is it fresh?

Does it make the child viewer think?

Does it motivate the child viewer?

Does it achieve its objective/ purpose for the child audience?

3. SCRIPT

Is the structure/ balance good and pleasing to the child viewer?

Is the subject well researched and developed that it is worth viewing by a child audience?

Is the dialogue of high quality, one that is easily understood by the target child audience?

Are the characters well developed? Are their actions motivated? Can the child viewer easily identify with them?

4. REALIZATION

Does the idea adapt well to television?

(visual style, camerawork, style, editing, music, performance, etc.)

Is the pace/rhythm of the material appropriate?

Is television really the ideal medium for this idea?

How is judging done?

Judging is to be done in three distinct levels.

Level One:

Using the criteria set by Prix Jeunesse International, the Governing Board Director through his/her assigned national committee will generate entries and choose the country’s bet to the competition.

This local SEA PJ National committee will ensure the sub-titling or dubbing in English of the material, likewise ensuring that all entries are appropriately categorized.

The National Committee will choose the best entry for each category and send them to the host country.

The Host Country will conduct the Level 2 phase of the competition.

The local SEA PJ Governing Board Director will also assign 3 jurors who will judge entries from all participating countries and choose the finalists in the various categories, for Level 2 of the judging.

Level Two

Intermediate judging where 3 judges from each country screens all entries from all participating countries and scores them accordingly. Scores must range from 75 to 100.

The three judges from each country will rate the entries from 9 neighbor countries. They will not judge the entries of their own country.

A ten-day period, scheduled by the host country will be observed for this level 2 judging, which will be done online to determine the top 2 entries in each category.

This level 2 judging will yield the twenty finalists in the contest

The scores will be tabulated by the host country.

Finalists will be announced right after the tabulation of votes, to give ample time for prospective winners to be alerted, and prepare for their own trips to the host country for the final screening and judging of their work

Level Three

The decision for the main winners will be taken at the SEA PRIX JEUNESSE festival, out of all finalists-programs across all categories.

A grand Jury composed of ten members appointed by the 10 Governing Board Directors will vote on the winners. The host country may propose the chairperson of the Grand jury.

Finalists will be screened by the registered participants in the festival. (Registration for participants – delegates from South East Asia, Finalists in the competition, educators , teachers and child focused groups, media – will done, via the website of the SEAPJ The SEAPJ Secretariat approves the registration of participants)

The members of the grand jury will choose the winners in the competition after a jury deliberation

Before the jury deliberation and the casting of votes, they will be aided by the discussions by participants on the merits of each screened program.

The Festival Facilitators from the academe, media, Prix Jeunesse officials, and Southeast Asia Prix Jeunesse Governing Board will also be given the chance to discuss the merits of each finalist, after their screening. All these will help the Jury make a wise decision before casting their votes.

The same criteria used in the 2nd level will also be the measurement for the judging of the finalists.

They can also watch the programs at the Media Bar that the Host country will set up for the convenience of the Grand Jury who may want to review their choices before the voting.

The Governing Board will inform the Host Country of their choices for the Grand jury membership on or before October 15, 2018.

Aside from the ten awards for the ten categories of the competition, are there any special award waiting for the entrants?

A. Children Jurors Award:
A group of students will assemble to select the winners. (one from the Finalists in the Professional categories, one from the amateur and one for children entrants)

B. Heart Award:
The Finalist that touched the heart of the festival participants. (one winner for the Professional, one for the Amateur and one for the children/youth )

Any timelines and deadlines that must be observed?

June 16 – July 16, 2018
Video Workshops for Children, if any

July 16 – October 15. 2018
Generation of Entries by each country’s National Committee of the Governing Board Director.

Screening of Entries

October 1, 2018
Deadline for the submission by the SEAPJ Governing Board of their 3 jurors who will judge the entries for the 2nd level of judging.

October 15, 2018
Deadline for submission of Entries to SEAPJ Governing Board

Deadline for the submission of the names of the Grand Jury by the SEAPJ Governing Board

October 17, 2018
Deadline for Governing Board to submit to Host Country their 10 bets for the competition

October 19, 2018
Deadline for the SEAPJ Secretariat to send to the 30 judges the entries from the 10 countries for the second level of judging of entries.

October 20- October 30, 2018
Online judging/voting by the 30 judges (3 from each country)

This second level of judging will determine the 20 finalists in the competition.

November 2, 2018
Tabulation of scores

November 5, 2018
Announcement of the 20 Finalists in the festival

(This will allow Finalists to prepare for their trip to the Host Country to attend the Finalists’ screenings / judging / awarding)

November 6, 2018
Deadline for the Registration of Participants in the Festival